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Lucilia sericata
The common green bottle fly (biological name Phaenicia sericata or Lucilia sericata) is a blow-fly found in most areas of the world, and the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species.
Garden
Spotted on Oct 20, 2012
Submitted on Oct 28, 2012
4 Comments
indeed I agree, wonder what terrible fight it survived.... it was flying fine!
Looks like both front legs are missing.
Thank you Johan, finally some good detail, is he missing a front leg here?
Nice shot!